Important GK Questions on People and Awards
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Question 1
Kaiane Aldorino who was crowned Miss World 2009 is from which of the following countries?
A Germany
B Russia
C Austria
D Belgium
Answer: E
Question 2
Who amongst the following is the recipient of the "CNN-IBN Indian of the Year" Award for 2009?
A Ratan Tata
B A.R.Rahman
C Manmohan Singh
D Sachin Tendulkar
E None of these
Answer: B
Question 3
Angela Merkel was recently in India to receive Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for the year 2009. What has been her contribution to international politics which made her the 'Best Choice' for the award? (A) She played a major role in restarting negotiations between Russia and USA on 'START'. (B) She initiated 'Health Care Reforms' in Germany and solved problems related to 'future energy development.' (C) She played a crucial role in negotiation of the Treaty of Lisbon' and Berlin declaration.
A Only (B) and (C)
B Only (A) and (B)
C Only (C)
D Only (A) and (C)
E None of these
Answer: B
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Question 4
Who among the following is the winner of Man Booker Prize 2011?
A Andrea Levy
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. B Nicola Barker
C Tom McCarthy
D Linda Grant
E Philip Roth
Answer: C
Question 5
Who among the following was the Chief Guest at the three-day Pravasi Bharatiya Divas function held in January 2012?
A Kamla Persad-Bissessar
B Ram Baran Yadav
C Lakshmi Mittal
D Salman Rushdie
E Benjamin Netanyahu
Answer: A
Question 6
Which of the following awards was conferred upon Late Mario De Miranda (Posthumously) in January 2012?
A Padma Vibhushan
B Bharat Ratna
C Kalidas Samman
D Saraswati Samman
E Padma Shri
Answer: A
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Question 7
Who, at present, is the Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?
A N. K. Singh
B Nandan Nilekani
C R. S. Sharma
D S. K. Swamy
E Dinesh Aggarwal
Answer: B
Question 8
Who was the founder of the 'Servants of India Society'? Downloaded from cracku.in
. A G.K. Gokhale
B M.G. Ranade
C B.G. Tilak
D Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: A
Question 9
Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the writings of
A Bernard Shaw
B Karl Marx
C Lenin
D Leo Tolstoy
Answer: D
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Question 10
Who is rightly called the 'Father of Local Self Government' in India ?
A Lord Mayo
B Lord Ripon
C Lord Curzon
D Lord Clive
Answer: B
Question 11
The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was
A Vishnu Gupta
B Upa Gupta
C Brahma Gupta
D Brihadratha
Answer: B
Question 12
Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences?
A B.R. Ambedkar
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. C Vallabhbhai Patel
D Gandhiji
Answer: A
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Question 13
Who is the following received Sangeet Natak Akademi's Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva puraskar for 2009 in theatre?
A Omkar Shrikant Dadarkar
B Ragni Chander Sarkar
C Abanti Chakravoty & Sukracharya Rabha
D K. Nellai Manikandan
Answer: C
Question 14
Who was the first Indian to become member of British Parliament?
A Bankim Chander Chatterjee
B W.C. Bannerjee,
C Dadabhai Naroji
D None of the above
Answer: C
Question 15
The original name of Nana Phadnavis was
A Mahadaji Sindhia
B Tukoji Holkar
C Narayan Rao
D Balaji Janardan Bhanu
Answer: D
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Question 16
Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic Education?
A Jawahar Lal Nehru
B Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C Mahatma Gandhi
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. D Dayanand Saraswati Answer: C
Question 17
One of the following Chief Ministers received the Highest Civilian Award 'Bharat Ratna'
A Lalu Prasad Yadav of Bihar
B Late M. G. Ramachandran of Tamil Nadu
C Jyothi Basu of West Bengal
D Late N. T. Rama Rao of Andhra Pradesh
Answer: B
Question 18
Who among the following has won the Pantaloon's Femina Miss India World, 2012 Award?
A Prachi Misra
B Vanya Misra
C RocheIla Maria
D Sandhya Agarwal
Answer: B
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Question 19
Who among the following Presidents of MCC was a non-professional cricketer?
A Colin Cowdrey
B Peter May
C Christopher Martin Jenkin
D Ted Dexter
Answer: C
Question 20
Who won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012?
A UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
B International Atomic Energy Agency
C Liu Xiaobo
D European Union
Answer: D
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